McCain Money News Roundup for Oct. 29, 2008
As the presidential campaigns both shift into ground-game mode, actual news is slow in coming. However, the Boston Herald has an interesting story about John McCain’s VP pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The paper’s Laura Crimaldi reports that Palin spent $51,000 in taxpayer money to remodel the governor’s mansion in Juneau, as well as her offices in the state capital and Anchorage. The McCain-Palin campaign claims they’re all “routine” expenses.
Also, The Wall Street Journal’s T.W. Farnam examines donations from an often-overlooked group: American Indian tribes. He finds that they’ve given Barack Obama more than $1 million. John McCain hasn’t taken money from tribes ever since his 2006 chairmanship of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.
In the closing days of the race, Campaign Money Watch’s new ad on John McCain’s ties to gambling interests is getting attention from the media. National Journal’s Amy Harder is among those recently writing up the ad, following up on reports by The Washington Post, Politico, and the New York Daily News.
Still haven’t seen the ad? Here it is:
Tags: advertising, American Indians, Campaign Money Watch, McCain, Palin
